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Wadeye – and 80th anniversary, OLSH.

Wadeye – and 80th anniversary, OLSH.

II at wadeye

Should you be in the vicinity…

80 year anniversary

Malcolm Fyfe writes: There will be a community day held at the old convent on Saturday the 17th of April from 11:00am - 1:00pm to commemorate the arrival of the Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart sisters first arriving in Wadeye.

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OLSH Sisters and students

The old convent was recently heritage listed by N.T.G with restoration works carried out by the Thamarrurr men's shed and T.D.C housing and construction.

boniface pulpit

Memories of Deacon Boniface

The convent was built and ready for them to move into as they began setting up the first school in 1941.

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Wadeye community at the visit of Abzalon

and Brother Pye (and some faces in the background in younger days)

Br John Pye cropped use

 

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